Klaus-Peter Hirtz

Klaus-Peter Hirtz (born October 30, 1945 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a Rear Admiral a. D. of the German Navy .

Life

After graduating from high school in Hanau , Hirtz joined the German Navy in 1966 as an officer candidate . After completing his training at the Mürwik Naval School and at other naval schools, he served as an officer on watch and from 1972 to 1978 as a commander on board minesweepers and diving boats . From 1978 to 1980 he took part in the admiralty staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg . Then he was an S3 staff officer in the North Sea mine defense squadron in Wilhelmshaven until 1982.

After working as a staff officer in the fleet command and as a consultant in the Federal Ministry of Defense , he became commander of the 1st minesweeping squadron in Flensburg in 1988 . During this time, in 1991, he also temporarily led the German anti-mine association in the Persian Gulf deployed as part of Operation South Flank . From 1991 to 1993, Hirtz returned to the Command Academy as a staff officer for strategy , design and operation of the Navy and was promoted to captain of the sea in April 1992 .

In 1993 Hirtz became the office manager of State Secretary Peter Wichert in the Federal Ministry of Defense . From 1995 to 1997 he was the commander of the flotilla of the mine forces . Hirtz was promoted to flotilla admiral in 1997 as head of staff department for organization and command services of the armed forces in the command staff of the armed forces . From 2001 until his retirement in 2004 he was Rear Admiral “Director Operational Management” and Deputy Chief of Staff in the NATO command in Brunssum / NL.

From April 2007 to April 21, 2012, Hirtz was Chairman of the Executive Boards of the Navy Officers Association and Navy Officer Aid.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Message in the German Marine Competence Network ( Memento of October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Message in MOV MOH DMI News 4-2007, p. 18